Nashville Tuning Question

durango jon-boy · January 13th, 2007, 08:48 PM

I've just bought the new issue of Guitar Legends about The Rolling Stones and there is a paragraph about Nashville Tuning. It sounds interesting to me and I was thinking about trying it. I was wondering what guage of strings to use for each string and how to tune it. High to low?, low to high? I have know idea so if sombody can explain it to me, that would help.

getbent · January 13th, 2007, 08:50 PM

buy a 12 string set and leave off the fat strings and you are set.

durango jon-boy · January 13th, 2007, 09:01 PM

Is that all there is to it? No different guages or anything?

getbent · January 13th, 2007, 09:13 PM

nope. it is that simple... it is also called "high strung" guitar on some albums... it is just the light strings on a 12 string...

Now I am pretty sure that folks like Joni Mitchell and some nashville cats have also used alt tunings on high strung guitars, but the lion's share of what most recordings have is what I describe.

It is pretty fun to get an inexpensive guitar and just leave it tuned that way. I have a fender acoustic set up that way and it sparkles when you record it.

durango jon-boy · January 13th, 2007, 09:14 PM

Great. I appreciate the help bud.

January 13th, 2007, 08:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
durango jon-boy Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Greatest state of Arizona Posts: 624	Nashville Tuning Question I've just bought the new issue of Guitar Legends about The Rolling Stones and there is a paragraph about Nashville Tuning. It sounds interesting to me and I was thinking about trying it. I was wondering what guage of strings to use for each string and how to tune it. High to low?, low to high? I have know idea so if sombody can explain it to me, that would help.

January 13th, 2007, 08:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,620 37 Photos	buy a 12 string set and leave off the fat strings and you are set. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

January 13th, 2007, 09:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,620 37 Photos	nope. it is that simple... it is also called "high strung" guitar on some albums... it is just the light strings on a 12 string... Now I am pretty sure that folks like Joni Mitchell and some nashville cats have also used alt tunings on high strung guitars, but the lion's share of what most recordings have is what I describe. It is pretty fun to get an inexpensive guitar and just leave it tuned that way. I have a fender acoustic set up that way and it sparkles when you record it. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

January 13th, 2007, 09:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
durango jon-boy Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Greatest state of Arizona Posts: 624	Is that all there is to it? No different guages or anything?

January 13th, 2007, 09:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
durango jon-boy Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Greatest state of Arizona Posts: 624	Great. I appreciate the help bud.